blueprints 1 of 2

plural of blueprint

blueprints

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of blueprint

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of blueprints
Noun
As video game movies keep getting better (or at least more popular), a few blueprints have emerged for adapting material that used to consistently stump Hollywood. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026 Holtec has coordinated engineering hubs across several countries to finalize the technical blueprints. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 Just remember that recipes are closer to blueprints than Lego instructions. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026 But without blueprints, safety rules or ownership, those solutions become a maze of duplicate apps, weak controls and fragile workflows. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 In addition to resources online and a network of experts to help farmers grow new crops and start small businesses, Transfarmation provides open-source blueprints for converting industrial pig, poultry and dairy barns. — Rachel Cramer, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026 For more than a century, college football has inspired the building of vast concrete-and-steel on-campus cathedrals — only for the names on the blueprints to become historical footnotes. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026 Piecing together that chain of events is where the blueprints of the characters’ house and the logic maps came in. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026 For the first time, visitors can view color photographs from the museum's collection of the August Quarterly, see the church's original blueprints and read minutes from Sunday school programs. — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
Recreating Rosebank’s Unique Facility IMD worked with Forsyth’s to create new stills, using archival still blueprints to build exact replicas of the original design. — Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blueprints
Noun
  • But plans can change, as Walter’s Formula One team just learned.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Researchers have completed laboratory-scale testing of the recovery approaches, while plans for a pilot plant are underway.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The social media lawsuits have helped inform parents and the public about how the industry designs products used by teenagers and children, McNally said.
    — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Ruffled gowns, sequins and a werewolf hunter dressed in layers of wool are among this year’s costume designs audiences will see on screen.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • But if the problems are well-known from human decision-making, so too are the strategies to counteract them.
    — Keren Yarhi-Milo, Time, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The filmmakers considered various strategies for capturing footage.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Chris Pratt is returning as Lieutenant Commander James Reece as Amazon plots the latest move in The Terminal List franchise.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The contract's odds will be resolved and verified by Data Center Map, which plots out planned and running data centers on its website.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Its proposal to end the crisis includes the closure of Dewey and Lincolnwood Elementary and the termination of more than 200 staff jobs, along with non-mandated programs.
    — Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • But given the university’s unique basketball brand, with 12 national championships for the women and six for the men, there could be more benefits in synergy between the programs, especially in creating buzz and business for downtown Hartford.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Now those votes are being highlighted in campaign ads across the country, according to an Associated Press analysis of data from AdImpact, which charts media spending.
    — Kevin Freking, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The movie charts the evolution of OpenAI and dramatizes the tumultuous time when Altman was controversially fired and then rehired by the AI giant.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Rejecting the bonds leaves commissioners responsible for determining how to finance those projects through other means or delay them.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026
  • While working on other projects over the following year, Lindsey toyed with ideas for using the steering technique to test introspection.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026

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